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HENRY lA. AXTELL, OF 'WESTFIELD MASSACHUSETTS Letters Patent No. 74,876, dated Zf'elirmn-,yy 25, 1868.

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TO ALIr'WHOM I 'I MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that II, HENRY A. A-XTELL, of Westfield, Hampden county, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improved Sofa-Gradle'; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon. In the drawings- Figure lis a side view of my device, and

YFigure 2 an inside end view, shown by means of a section.

This invention consists of a. cradle, so arranged that it can, by a triiiing adjustment of p'arts, be converted into a sofa. It is also constructed so as to produce thes'a'fest and most soothing motion when in use as a cradle, and as this motion is produced by the principle of a pendulum, it only needs starting to'eontlinue its motion for a considerable length of time without further power being applied.

VIn the'drawings, A is the sofa and cradle-frame, having at each end an upright post, AB and B. Between these posts is hung the cradle C, by means of posts, D and D, at its ends, which posts are pivoted, hinged, or centred upon the posts B and B at or near the top. In the g. 1 it is shown that they are curved over the top of the posts B and B', and rest on the points of pivots a and-a', consisting of screws put vertically through `the elbows/'b 6, and-resting upon sockets in the top ofthe posts B and B. By turning these screws one way the cradle is lowered until it rests upon the frame at the bottom, when it can thenA be converted into a sofa in the following manner: One of the sides of the cradle E is hinged, by means of arms c and c', to the centre of' the ends of the cradle, and maybe swung over similarly to the back.of a. car-seat, except that, vas is seen in iig. 2, by red lines, it rests upon the top of the other side when so swung over, making a high back on one side, and leaving the other open. The top part of the frame A is curved out at F, so as to allow the swing of the cradle.' A iiy-brush may be suspended over the top of this cradle, asis seen in tig. The motion ofthe cradlein swinging causes the brush also to move backwards and forwards; this is very useful in summer, both serving to keep oif the flies and producing a current of air.

The advantages of this -device are that it only requires a very small degree of attention to keep it alwaysv in motion. It is less dangerous, because the are of. the circle is described, instead of turning down at its maximum swing, as is the case with those set on rockers, curves up, and has no tendency to throw the child out, the

centrifugal force tending to keep it closer in the cradle; and besidesthis, instead of being a eumbrorus pieceofv furniture, when not in use as a cradle it can be converted easily into a. sofa, as already shown, and when in use as a cradle the slightest uneasy movement of the child will serveA to set the cradle swinging, and so soothe it to rest.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, -is

The combination of the swinging sofa-cradle, C, Vwith the device for converting the cradle into a sofa, consisting of the adjustable screws a a and hinge E, constructedand arranged substantially as described.

' HENRY A. AXTELL.

Witnesses:

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